Insights into the political system—and how to influence it. Subscribe for weekly insights from someone worth listening to: https://policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.social/post/3m2tbyfg7t227@zackpolanski.bsky.social Hi Zack, up for taking part in Policy Unstuck? It's an interview series on how to make progress on key policy issues w/ guests drawn from across the political spectrum. Fmr guests inc. Natalie Bennett, Jonathan Ashworth, Gillian Keegan. See policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.uk10 Oct 2025 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:fzmxvsvwoq7acjtnc2ppbsqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tbyfg7t227https://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.social/post/3m2tbphzze227How much better would the state perform if civil servants weren't so afraid of legal challenge? Dewi Knight of @policywise.bsky.social for this week's Policy Unstuck. Read his thoughts in full: https://policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.uk/p/be-the-last-person-in-the-room-with-the-minister-dewi-knight10 Oct 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:fzmxvsvwoq7acjtnc2ppbsqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tbphzze227https://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.social/post/3m27mcnjnf22jNot many reports get 600 policy citations. The EAT-Lancet Commission was a big ticket item in 2019. They're launching their 2025 Commission tomorrow. Here's what they learned from last time, and what they're doing to improve engagement this time. https://policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.uk/p/lessons-from-highly-successful-report-launch-eat-lancet-commission-fabrice-declerck02 Oct 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:fzmxvsvwoq7acjtnc2ppbsqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27mcnjnf22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.social/post/3lz3xwjjie22dCivil service reddit in agreement with Tim Durrant's (of @instituteforgovernment.org.uk) assessment of ministerial challenges... it's not just ministers that have a problem seemingly Read his interview: https://policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.uk/p/what-every-minister-wants-tim-durrant-institute-for-government18 Sep 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:fzmxvsvwoq7acjtnc2ppbsqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz3xwjjie22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/policyunstuck.bsky.social/post/3lyzz2k32zs2v'Policy is a sales job. You don't buy something from someone you don't like.' A startup lobbyist on why countless meetings with MPs is a waste of time, and what actually gets things done in government... https://policyunstuck.castfromclay.co.uk/p/a-lobbyist-walks-into-the-prime-minister-s-office-in-a-t-shirt-what-happens-next17 Sep 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:fzmxvsvwoq7acjtnc2ppbsqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzz2k32zs2v